First start after installing the 1050CC kit!
Many thanks to the good folks at MaxBMW for their advice, and Siebenrock for the great parts…
The scariest moment is always just before you start. Stephen King
Carbs and tank are on
Left to do:
Clean up tools
Put on Exhaust
check valve lash
put on valve covers
change jets
check for spark
add 1 gallon of gas
check oil
MY idol, Professor FATE!
push the button MAX!
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99 degrees in the garage, but i did last 2 1/2 hours and got a little done! Up Next https://kirkusblog.com/2012/06/22/das-bike-projekt-motor-assembly-oh-so-close/
82mm = 746cc… 87mm = 839cc… 97mm = 1044cc
I started pulling the bike back down, I Tightened the loose timing chest. If I forgot to torque it, or the gasket compressed over time, I do not know. Next step is do the compression test, check timing and valves, and have a go at the carbs.
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Waiting for a warm day…….
Too cold, and my back is too twisted to work in the garage this week, so enjoy some old MotoPhotos!
Well the bike has about 150 miles on it now, but as the summer wore on it got a little cranky, not wanting to rev over 4K. I have put a Uli Electronic ignition in it, but its still rubbish as far as running strong. More tinkering with the Dellortos in my future i suspect!
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Things are good with the bike. Timing it with the light seems to be impossible so i did it “by ear” a couple if times, first setting was too retarded (as in the opposite of advanced), second setting works awesome when the bike is hot, but is too much advance for an easy cold start. So a setting in the middle should make it happy, hopefully get to that this week. ALso I think the idle jet may be too rich, because now when i use the enriching lever it just floods the bike out. So, minor adjustments, but it runs and stops, and steers, kinda. The friction disk for the steering damper has shattered so there’s no damping at present, i will have to order another set of disks and rivets, might as well do the headstock bearings while im in there, but that means taking the front all apart again, so i may wait for the first snow to fly before i do that. No new pictures, so why don’t we all admire Anke-Eve Goldman, instead?
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Anke-Eve Goldman, packing for some fall Touring
Well the new Omega alternator is in place, as is the /6 front cover (for better cooling) An all new engine harness, and a steel gas tank. I decided to leave the seat spaced back, I like the riding position better…
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